Door aligning and antirattle device



1931. D. M. WINANS DOOR ALIGNING' ANb ANTIRATTLE DEVICE Filed May 5, 1931 IN V EN TOR. flaw/4 /Z MAM/VS.

7 i Patented Nov. 3, Y 1931 hnwinnrrnfi imvxcn j 1 This inventionrelatesitodoorieligningand enti-rettle devices and more arti u y 3 Z the-typeseu'chasareusied'in connection with V o gure#1"1 vehicledoors. 1 j I Therehavebeenprovided 1n the past forthis purpose various; tieificestwh chfonthe g niost part; comprise sliding wedge membersv suitably encased and zidapt'ed to "be actuated it) tongue-member of the diom; c N-aturall'v the "repeated; opening} and c1os1ng'-of, doors equipped withsuch interdependentdev ces I baues considerable wearnpon the parts menti'one'd'and subsequently greatly reduces the efficiency thereoi Afnother deterrentfactor in the above mentioned construction is that not infrequently the tongue and wed gesfbin'd 'in a mannerf' which'prevents'ffree and-easy "opening[andclosing of the'd'o'orjwhen it is "zudesir'ed toYdo -so Thev primary object of my; invention to provide a novel an'dfefi'ective"device ofthis fcharacter' which is ectutted by the door itself 'ratherthan the tongi eofthe door and in 2,; resilient" manner which insures positive,

fsfin'odth; and easy' aligning end wedging ao- 'tion ifpon' the closing 'of osfaid' 'door and likewise im arts a free i'sinooth'initia'l opening Inom'en'tu1nuponithefopeningthereof; Hnotherend imp'ortenfi'ohict of .thiS-ixivention lies in the'provision of, meanswhereby" the 'niovementi ofgthe "wedge members" is 'each and separetely independent' ofthe other -h 1]. "fli' I ,7 Yr is us rendenng devlceequa men on overlappingflange land there 18 suitably s'eoure'd' on the' inner surface of-the free edge '5: ei jdoor i 6., whether 01- not; the doors are 'in'true-o'r perfectialignmene I "59 further'objectofinventionito profivide' a; door eligningidevice which antom'ate iicalliv eompensates' for any wearwhioh'mig'ht t ojcciir incident;- to the repeated opening and I closing ofthe'card00r.

still further object of myinvention to provide such edevice'whieh is Simple; of con Otherjbj ts and advant es-in d 'eta'ilfs V of construction and .operation 'wi'l-lbe obvious ga swthe description proceeds; reference being j had to'the figures' of the accompanying am:

' structiongof fewiperts stdepted tobe easily ass mbled and economically mzini lfietured. I

I ing wherein. like reference numerals indig oite like 'parts.- i

-IIntheidrawings: ea diagrammatic plan view showing a-door partially closed with respect '55 tothe jamb and the position ofthe tongue thereon rel'ative to-my improved aligning and anti rattle device; 1

and simult eneohsly"*fiinction' with the Figure is a detail 'perspectiveiview Show= ng my improved device mountedin the door 64 Figure 3 is a; idfiW-iikh 'ubstentieliy l on qth'e 'line 3 3 of Figure :1 with the 'dooi' shown in phantom end uStebout t be closed, I a certain parts "being broken away fOrclear "65 .ness.

Figuretis d i l l r o Figure 3 bit with the door shown in its final or-cl'os'edpog sition; 3 .o 7

-:Figure 5 is a rear view of my iinpnoved '7 devlce, certaln clearness. o I A i I Figure 6 iso detail sectional view'taken on the line 66of Figure 5. 1 1 1 parts heing broken away for 1 It will be understood, of couree that' ve (7-5 "hi cle doors are provided with suitable-latch means for, locking-the door in its closed "po- *sition, -such means beino herein c, ,omitted'from the illustration for clearness;

'I The reference ni meraf1 indicates the door "j e rnb ofthe frame in which is suitablymo'unt 'ed'fmy improved aligning device generhilly -indicatedat 2; The-door 3 isprovided'l ongi tu'dinallyfalong itsire'e edge With the usual upon-closing movement of the door the tongue 5 will cooperatively enter into the device as will -be;d'e scribed later in d fetaili f o Referring'fiowrto Figures 2-to Gjinlfislive, it will be seen thaZtthis device i2"coinprises eftw'o piece casing; onepiece thereof being suitably fornied with aflat irectangularly sheped' portion 6 the forward edge 7 of which ten inwardlyat right anglestheretojand 'isjffprovided at; its inner edge 'withja fright angulag rlyfdis'posed flanges 'whereby i this 00 and imparting to the-doorjan initial outward starting movement. I I I It will, of course, be understood that because of the independence ofthe wedge block and plunger pin units each to the other that regardless of the angle or tilt at which the v flange 4: ofthe door meets and acts upon same 2 as described, the action of the device will be equally effective. In. other words, these individual units operating each independently of-the other and by the movement of the door ratherthan by the tongue will automatically compensate for any imperfections or inac curacies of the hinging of said door.

'Any frictional wear which might possibly occur'to these movable parts of thedevice will also automatically be compensated for by virtue of the springs 32 and 20.

; Ofcourse, it will be understood that the embodiment herein shown and vdescribed is T "the preferredform only and that it is sus- 'ceptible to various changes in details of construction and operation; without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. I do not limit myself, therefore, other than by the appended claims. I

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1. In combination, a door having a tongue thereon, a pairof spaced movable members for cooperation with said tongue asthe door is closed, said tongue being adapted to freely enter between said members, cooperating means,.independent of said tongue, between said door and said members to move said wardly convergent upper and lower sides, spaced slidable wedge members correspondingly cooperating each and separately'with said'sides in opposed relation therein, resilient means interposed between the rear wall of the casing and the rear ends of said wedge members for normally urging same forwardly, a tongue on said door adapted to freely enter between said wedge members,

resilient members in said wedge members extending forwardly through said easing the space between said members, means formoving said members into binding engagement with said tongue as the same moves into position between said members, said means being resilient to permit movement of the door beyond the binding point of said member i In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature. DANIEL M. WINANS.

members into binding engagementwithsaid tongue as the same entersbetween said members, resilient means normally urging said members out of binding position, and resilient meansinterposed between said members and said moving'means.

' '2. In'comb1nat10n,a door having a tongue thereon, a pairof slidable, spaced members for binding'engagementwith said ton ue as .the door is closed, said tongue being a apted to enter freely between said members, and

" resiliently mounted means carried by said N members and 'cooperatingwith saiddoor in -f dependentlyof saidtongue, for moving said members into bindingengagement' with said tongue.

'Incombinatioma door having a tongue thereon, a pair of slidable spaced members "'for' binding engagementwith said tongue as the door is closed, saidtongue being adapted to'enter freely-between said members, and vmeans carried by said members and coopcrating with said door'independently of said.

- tongue, for moving said members into bind V ingengagement wlth sald tongue, sa dmeans comprising pins extending outwardly from v said members into the path of said door, said I pins being yieldably mounted in said members] V An a v ajdoor OOIDPIlSlIlg a cas'mg having rearaligning and anti-rattle device for, 1. 

